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  1. Rec *

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    After Clark's death, Bruce finally gets to know him.

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    26 Jul 2017

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    Two people in such a tight and irregular space should've been difficult, but as in everything they'd undertaken together since they'd met, Diana was an impeccable partner. It had taken him a while to put his finger on why, because he'd never seen the phenomenon from this angle before: this must be how it felt to be a Robin, working with someone unfathomably more seasoned who could assess him with a glance and anticipate all his moves. It wasn't a comfortable reversal. She never condescended to him unless he earned it, but he had the constant suspicion that she found him predictable and not particularly complex.

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    He could do this. He could encompass this and let it settle into his bones, as he always did. Loving the dead was where he excelled.

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    Bruce seeks to mend in the wake of Superman's death.

    Fortunately, Superman doesn't believe in staying dead. Unfortunately, Bruce isn't certain how to deal with this—especially with how easily Clark slots into his life. All he knows is that an encounter with the Enchantress is definitely not the way to go.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    He wonders if Alfred understands that he can't stop at simple friendship, that his emotions run sick in that quarter. Why be friends when you can covet affections, manipulate expectations, demand, demand, demand and give away as little as possible in return. Alfred really should know this.

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    It's not that Bruce doesn't take a left turn in his attitude now and then. He can be as mercurial as anyone, which Clark figures is because he's not used to being a sustained, moderately honest version of himself around people, and occasionally he abruptly tires of it.

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    Clark discovers that there's nothing people won't slap his Superman crest on, up to and including duct tape.

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    09 Apr 2026

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    The thing is, Bruce has wanted this for a long time, for a lot of reasons. And the reasons may have changed, but the want sure hasn't.

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    01 Apr 2026

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    The containment unit strikes him across the temple, the side of the face, his cheek. He hears a crackle, a rush of white noise, dead air; the earpiece, caught at just the wrong angle. As for the container—this time, it breaks. And something, some strange pale dust, bursts free in a cloud.

    The drug, he has time to think. It must be the drug, the first shipment. He came here to find it, secure it, refusing to waste the entirety of the fourteen hours he'd had left before the White Portuguese was due to arrive. But he can admit, if only to himself, that this wasn't exactly the plan.

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    27 Mar 2026